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Slavery panels replaced at PA site amid months-long battle with Trump admin.

  • Jul 15

Relatives of slave who built White House speak out

  • Jul 4
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Court clears way for replacement of slavery exhibit in Philadelphia

  • Jul 3

Riceville Cemetery: Why it matters

  • Jun 20

Local leaders share renovation plans of historic Riverside Hospital

  • Jun 20

Houston-area organizations hosting Juneteenth celebrations | See list

  • Jun 19

What's open and closed on Juneteenth 2026

  • Jun 19

How TSU and UH students' activism transformed education and Houston

  • Jun 18

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Monument near Johnson Space Center honors Black trailblazers of NASA

  • Aug 17
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One of NYC's oldest homes welcomes you in the heart of Queens

  • Aug 4
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Houston officials announce new efforts to restore historic Riceville Cemetery

  • Jun 20
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Local leaders share renovation plans for Houston's historic Riverside Hospital

  • Jun 20
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Houston dance company shares black history on stage

  • Jun 18
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94-year-old man wishes to get birth certificate: 'I couldn't even pronounce what it would mean'

  • Jun 17
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Remains displaced from historic Black cemetery in Fifth Ward to be reinterred

  • Mar 6
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Harlem renaissance history unearthed amid Bronx gravestones

  • Feb 25

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What is Juneteenth and why is it celebrated? What to know for 2026

It was 161 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed - after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

  • Jun 18

Quilt stitches together stories of historic Black neighborhoods

A new quilt honoring Houston's historic Black neighborhoods shows that keeping history alive goes beyond what you find in books.

  • Jun 18

Trump administration can replace slavery exhibit at President's House in Philadelphia, court rules

The Trump administration can replace the slavery exhibit at the President's House in Philadelphia, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.

  • Jun 18

94-year-old man wishes to get birth certificate: 'I couldn't even pronounce what it would mean'

For a Houston great-grandfather, he's hoping to get what he says is a missing part of his identity: a birth certificate.

  • Jun 17

Galveston family uncovers its roots to a formerly enslaved boy at the time of Emancipation

Two Galveston brothers discover their lineage to an enslaved ancestor who had a front row seat at the time of Emancipation in 1865.

  • Jun 17